Apply Now: Helsinki Education Hub Edtech Incubator – Fall 2025

The Helsinki Education Hub Edtech Incubator is a 12-week program for early-stage Edtech startups and research-based college groups. If you’re constructing a digital answer to unravel challenges in schooling—with science and pedagogy at its core—that is your alternative to construct, check, and develop with skilled steerage and actual classroom suggestions.

Empowering Early-Stage Edtech Startups with Research-Driven Innovation

What the Program Offers

The HEH incubator empowers Edtech entrepreneurs by:

Building research-based options: Support in creating merchandise grounded in studying science and analysis.
Accelerated product growth: Develop your MVP with our Edtech-specific growth framework.
User validation: Test and co-develop your answer within the Helsinki Edtech Testbed or by different innovation networks.

Program Structure

The 12-week incubator is damaged down into the next phases:

1. Building the Foundation

Develop a pedagogically sound answer.

Learn startup metrics, monetary fundamentals, and storytelling (pitching).
Engage with educators who present mentorship on pedagogy.

2. Lean LaunchPad Phase

Follow a structured product growth journey.

Focus on constructing, strengthening, and validating your answer.

3. Company Narrative and Funding Readiness

Clarify your mission and differentiation.
Learn tips on how to successfully talk your worth to the world.

Prepare for funding alternatives.
Participate in InvestED, the Edtech monitor at Slush 2025.

Post-Program Opportunities

Who Should Apply?

The program runs from Early September to Early December 2025. Ideal candidates embrace:

1. University-Based Research Teams

From University of Helsinki or different larger schooling establishments.
Backed by R2B (Research to Business) funding or within the prototype section.
Intend to register an organization (y-tunnus) after finishing this system.

2. Registered Startups

3. International Startups

Must be keen to register in Finland (not essentially HQ).
The City of Helsinki Soft Landing service will help with this course of.
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What You Will Gain

The HEH program helps your journey from idea to MVP with:

Integration of studying science into your answer.

Educator suggestions and co-development.
A 7-week Lean LaunchPad section based mostly on Stanford University methodology.
Access to the Helsinki Edtech Testbed (eligibility based mostly on registration and product).

Entry into schooling innovation networks led by the Faculty of Educational Sciences.
Post-program introductions to Edtech accelerators and buyers in Europe and the US.

Time Commitment

Average weekly dedication: 2–4 hours

Sessions are principally in-person on the Helsinki Education Hub, with some on-line modules.

Lean LaunchPad Phase Details

The 7-week Lean LaunchPad is the core of this system:

Weekly classes: Mondays or Tuesdays from 10:00–13:00
Learn a subject → Implement throughout the week → Present progress the next session
Structured repetition ensures you develop a validated MVP by the top

Event Details

Name: Helsinki Education Hub / Edtech Incubator Fall 2025
Start Date: Monday, eighth September 2025, 00:00
End Date: Friday, fifth December 2025, 23:59

Venue: Helsinki Education Hub, Faculty of Educational Sciences, University of Helsinki
Address: Siltavuorenpenger 5 A, 00170, Helsinki
Online Access: Microsoft Teams